Text Analysis
Argumentative Essay
Writing Strategies
Exam Basics
Miscellaneous
100

The two required elements in text analysis response are...

What are the central idea and writing strategy/literary element?

100

The term used for information from a passage that supports a claim.

What is "textual evidence"?

100

A problem between 2 or more opposing forces.

What is a conflict?

100

The portion of Part 1 [reading comprehension] that you should read first

What is the texts [not the questions]

100

The three parts/sections of the ELA regents exam are...

What is Multiple Choice, Argumentative Essay, and Text Analysis Response?

200
A universal statement that can be applied to the text

What is the central idea?

200

(Source 1, lines 35-37)

How do you cite text evidence?

200

The way a character is described according to a text/story.

What is characterization?


200

A good method if you are unsure of the answer in the multiple choice section

What is process of elimination?

200

The minimum passing score of the ELA regents exam.

What is 65?


300

Some examples include figurative language, imagery, point-of-view, conflict, setting, etc.

What is the writing strategy?

300

Opposite of your argument

What is a counterclaim?

300

The perspective through which a story is told

What is point-of-view?

300

The items you should bring on exam day

What are pens, highlighters, and water?

300

There are a minimum of ____ texts you must use in your argumentative essay.

What are three texts?

400

The amount of paragraphs required for Part 3

What is 2 - 3?

400

The number of minimal paragraphs in the argumentative essay for the ELA regents.

What is 5 paragraphs?

400

The time and place of a story/text.

What is setting?

400

The pages of the exam that you should read

What is EVERY page of the exam?

400

There are ____ multiple choice questions on the ELA regents exam.

What is 24?

500

According to the ELA regents exam rubric, the highest possible grade you can get on a text analysis response is...

What is 4/4?

500

According to the ELA regents argumentative rubric, this is the highest score you can get.

What is 6/6?

500

Language that uses comparisons or imagination to describe something.

What is figurative language?

500

The date and time that you must report to your testing location

What is Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 8:00 am EST?

500

The first section you should do on the exam is... 

What is whichever section you choose! 

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